Julie Ross Godar

Saying, "It is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married," President Barack Obama declared his support for legalizing same-sex marriage, the first time he has gone on record with this position. The announcement makes him the first sitting president to publicly support gay marriage.  Read more >

Gourmet Live and BlogHer highlight local food scenes in our monthly Road Trip series, delivering the inside dish from renowned bloggers from coast to coast. This month, we've found the top restaurants in Miami -- but if you're at home, get this fabulous Cuban recipe from Gourmet.com now.  Read more >

The Los Angeles Times reports that feminist poet and essayist Adrienne Rich has died. Rich wrote about social inequity, the calamity of war. She wrote about sex and power. And love. I loved her ideas but was in love with her language. From "In the Classroom" -- Talking of poetry, hauling the books arm-full to the table where the heads bend or gaze upward, listening, reading aloud, talking of consonants, elision...  Read more >

Gourmet Live and BlogHer highlight local food scenes in our monthly Road Trip series, delivering the inside dish from renowned bloggers from coast to coast. This month, we've found the top restaurants in Los Angeles -- but if you're celebrating at home, get this fabulous recipe by Roy Choi of the Kogi food truck from Gourmet.com now.  Read more >

Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz talked with women bloggers on the phone to announce the launch of the DNC Women's Institute, which she described as "a home base for women to get information about issues, candidates, and most important, how to become active."  Read more >